sec.34Duty to notify accidents to police

### sec.34 Duty to notify accidents to police A person who proposes to make a claim (including a person acting in a representative capacity) must ensure that appropriate notice of the accident has been given to a police officer. Appropriate notice of a motor vehicle accident is— the giving of required particulars under the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 , section 93 (4) ; or if (and only if) particulars have not been given as required under that section—a notice under this section in a form approved by the commission. A notice under this section must— state the intending claimant’s full name, date of birth, residential address and a telephone number at which the claimant can be contacted; and state the date, time and place of the accident and describe how it happened; and identify all motor vehicles and drivers involved in the accident (as far as known to the intending claimant); and state the names and residential addresses of all persons injured in the accident (as far as known to the intending claimant); and state the names and residential addresses of all persons who witnessed the accident (as far as known to the intending claimant); and state the general nature of the personal injury to the intending claimant. s 34 sub 2000 No. 17 s 18 amd 2019 No. 36 ss 5A , 32 sch 1 (sec.34-ssec.1) A person who proposes to make a claim (including a person acting in a representative capacity) must ensure that appropriate notice of the accident has been given to a police officer. (sec.34-ssec.2) Appropriate notice of a motor vehicle accident is— the giving of required particulars under the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 , section 93 (4) ; or if (and only if) particulars have not been given as required under that section—a notice under this section in a form approved by the commission. (sec.34-ssec.3) A notice under this section must— state the intending claimant’s full name, date of birth, residential address and a telephone number at which the claimant can be contacted; and state the date, time and place of the accident and describe how it happened; and identify all motor vehicles and drivers involved in the accident (as far as known to the intending claimant); and state the names and residential addresses of all persons injured in the accident (as far as known to the intending claimant); and state the names and residential addresses of all persons who witnessed the accident (as far as known to the intending claimant); and state the general nature of the personal injury to the intending claimant. - (a) the giving of required particulars under the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 , section 93 (4) ; or - (b) if (and only if) particulars have not been given as required under that section—a notice under this section in a form approved by the commission. - (a) state the intending claimant’s full name, date of birth, residential address and a telephone number at which the claimant can be contacted; and - (b) state the date, time and place of the accident and describe how it happened; and - (c) identify all motor vehicles and drivers involved in the accident (as far as known to the intending claimant); and - (d) state the names and residential addresses of all persons injured in the accident (as far as known to the intending claimant); and - (e) state the names and residential addresses of all persons who witnessed the accident (as far as known to the intending claimant); and - (f) state the general nature of the personal injury to the intending claimant.